Barney/BYRON SMITH:
CLASS OF 1962
Ft. Vancouver High SchoolClass of 1962
Vancouver, WA
University of WashingtonClass of 1994
Tacoma, WA
Western Washington UniversityClass of 1968
Bellingham, WA
Clark CollegeClass of 1965
Vancouver, WA
Shumway Junior High SchoolClass of 1959
Vancouver, WA
Barney/BYRON's Story
Life
Went to Clark. A couple of years on the Railroad. WWU, got a degree. Worked in government a while, consulted with the government for a while, did my own thing for a while. Married Gloria Scott. Went back to the Railroad - More college, teaching school, training security courses. (Gloria is still in nursing (community.) Arranging our lives around our granddaughters..
Retired from the RR - 3/31/08, I accepted a leadership position with the Relay For Life - retired, again! Then, another career: Cargo Security Consultant. Traveling the country, training again. Then, a contract to courier medicals between hospitals. More training contracts. Then, a federal job as a Testing Administrator for the Military. Back to the government - Social Security Administration - retired in June 2018. Back to consulting and contract training. Recently hired by the Washington State Employment Security Department as an unemployment claims adjudicator.
School
As a Catholic school transfer, I felt alienated from most of the already existing associations - an outsider. Included when my athletic abilities were needed. Pretty much wasted high school being a dumb "Jock". Some folks were better than I expected, but I kept a distance from most. Art Jolin was about the only teacher that I respected.
College
Pretty much wasted my freshman year at U...Expand for more
PS, early season injury damaged athletic future (drank most of the rest of the year). Great parties at Clark - with Sam Elliott - began to study. Greater parties at Western: got involved in student gov. and theatre - beer in one, pot in the other - learned a bit, got political. Worked my butt off in graduate school (25 years later)- MOTIVATED. But stopped working on PhD for now.... Lots of training in my consulting contracts - have to learn it to teach it.
Workplace
Many jobs (full time): 6 different crafts on the railroad over 41 years (gandy-dancer to conductor to project manager/merger coordinator); Airline VP; Construction; Mill-Worker; Security; Government, management; Real estate sales; Teacher (Fife, Federal Way and Bethel SDs, Green River CC); Trainer, Project Manager, Logistics & merger Consultant.
Part-times: Gas Station, Auto Store, home improvement store, tax accountant, census taker, cruise ship security, construction contractor, federal agent, computer tech, MEPS Test Administrator, Social Security Admin., helping people get benefits. During the Pandemic - Adjudicating unemployment claims for Washington State, remotely.
Military
Trans-Orient Airlines (Air America)..... Scary Fun.
Coast Guard Auxiliary. Lt. Commander, Branch Chief of Testing, National Training Team
I am now writing a book - YOU may be in it !!!!
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